Vott Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 The CWS is over and the book is closed on the 2025-2026 college season. Time to talk about what your team will do this season in football. Ole Miss will be really good MS State better than last season and Southern Miss will be almost back to the Will Hall type season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insideradvantage Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 I'm about ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Can Golding win 7 or how about 8? Lebby might win 4 or 5? USM will hope for 3 wins and call it progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrownInEtown Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 53 minutes ago, pancho said: Can Golding win 7 or how about 8? Lebby might win 4 or 5? USM will hope for 3 wins and call it progress. State has a good amount of a winnable games. ULM, Minn, SC, Mizzou, Vandy, Auburn. Wouldn’t be surprised if they upset one of the powerhouses. 6 wins would be a good year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 2 hours ago, DrownInEtown said: State has a good amount of a winnable games. ULM, Minn, SC, Mizzou, Vandy, Auburn. Wouldn’t be surprised if they upset one of the powerhouses. 6 wins would be a good year I'm glad you have that optimism. If they could win all 6 of those, I'd be thrilled. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Do we have to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 (edited) In all seriousness, I think Kamario Taylor is a great talent that could be a lot of fun if State can keep him standing upright. I’m less confident in State being able to keep him standing upright. I also think State’s schedule is insane. 9 SEC games plus a road game against an 8 win Big 10 team. I think State could win 5 to 7 games. But if you asked me if it’s more likely that they win 8 or that Lebby is fired, would say it’s way more likely that Lebby gets fired. i feel like you will know the drill by Week 4. State is at Minnesota, at South Carolina, Mizzou at home in weeks 2-4. Lebby is toast if he goes 0-3 in that stretch, and he probably needs to be 2-1 in those games considering the next four are Bama-LSU-Oklahoma-Texas all in a row (thanks for that, Birmingham). Edited June 24 by Dawg83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 8 hours ago, Dawg83 said: In all seriousness, I think Kamario Taylor is a great talent that could be a lot of fun if State can keep him standing upright. I’m less confident in State being able to keep him standing upright. I also think State’s schedule is insane. 9 SEC games plus a road game against an 8 win Big 10 team. I think State could win 5 to 7 games. But if you asked me if it’s more likely that they win 8 or that Lebby is fired, would say it’s way more likely that Lebby gets fired. i feel like you will know the drill by Week 4. State is at Minnesota, at South Carolina, Mizzou at home in weeks 2-4. Lebby is toast if he goes 0-3 in that stretch, and he probably needs to be 2-1 in those games considering the next four are Bama-LSU-Oklahoma-Texas all in a row (thanks for that, Birmingham). The only "for sure" wins on the schedule are UL Monroe and Tennessee Tech. I don't think State is favored in any of the 10 remaining SEC/Power 4 games. In order for State to get to 6 regular season wins, they'll need 4 upsets at minimum. If there ever was a prime example of a head coach being in over his head, this is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoKnows08 Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 23 minutes ago, maroontide06 said: The only "for sure" wins on the schedule are UL Monroe and Tennessee Tech. I don't think State is favored in any of the 10 remaining SEC/Power 4 games. In order for State to get to 6 regular season wins, they'll need 4 upsets at minimum. If there ever was a prime example of a head coach being in over his head, this is it. Very good perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrownInEtown Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 I think Lebby needs 6 wins to keep his seat cool. Pre season talk is chasing the wind. By week 5 Bama could be a winnable game and Mizzou could look like a force to be reckoned with. 3 SEC wins Is the goal, and a Bowl win just for the record: We got a chance to upset one of those titans (looking at you Bama), it may could secure him another 2 years. If we had Arnett and a 2nd team All-SEC DT last year I think we were a 8 win team. So weren’t as terrible as most people think. Just hope we get atleast half of the improvement we showed 2024 to 2025 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 I'm curious to see how Ole Miss does with (mostly) a new coaching staff... mainly the new OC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 12 hours ago, rebmus said: I'm curious to see how Ole Miss does with (mostly) a new coaching staff... mainly the new OC. It will be fun to watch and see how ole miss progresses during the season with Golding in charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 17 hours ago, rebmus said: I'm curious to see how Ole Miss does with (mostly) a new coaching staff... mainly the new OC. A lot of State fans will probably make the comparison of OM 2026 and State 2018 (Moorhead’s first year after Mullen). Golding gets to start off with a strong roster, the question becomes what can he do with it. OM has a tougher schedule than they had last year, and you do wonder what happens if they don’t beat LSU in Week 3. How would that team and that staff react to something like that? Not the same exact situation, but I know for a fact that State fans never viewed Moorhead the same after he lost to Mullen in that much hyped Florida game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 golding could easily lose to lsu, florida, tex, georgia and oklahoma. that is 5 losses with several other games that will fall between the margins. I'm not sure Lebby can win 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1nglewing Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 5 hours ago, pancho said: golding could easily lose to lsu, florida, tex, georgia and oklahoma. that is 5 losses with several other games that will fall between the margins. I'm not sure Lebby can win 5 I think you may be underestimating Ole Miss' potential. They have a very good team and may win all of those (not realistically likely, but possible). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 Just trying to be even keeled about it. last year they won several games by a one score margin. what if, lets say the D gives up 5.6 more points per game and the O averages roughly 4.7 less points on the board. What you have then is a very competitive SEC team with roughly 4 or 5 losses with no wiggle room vs Vandy, Mizzou or state. And i am already counting louisville as a win. Defenses will be schemed more toward limiting trinidad directly now that he has a body of work. Then I think who wanted pete and not Weiss jr to be the HC? JUst food for thought...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 I see OM as a playoff contender, how can you not with Chambliss, Lacy, and some of their DL returning? But I don’t think they go 11-1 like they did last year. 9-3, perhaps? The thing that would maybe concern me if I’m an OM fan is that last year’s team was outstanding in close games, and that can be hard to replicate year over year. I think the Kiffin era bore that out as well, his ‘24 team may have been his best one but they fell apart in close games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Shaping up as a year of transition for Ole Miss and USM with new HC’s. Obviously a different stratosphere with each program. USM trying to establish their identity in the Sunbelt and Ole Miss trying to sustain the recent success of the program. Both could be difficult. I do believe Ole Miss has plenty of talent but the rest of the SEC does as well. And football gods can be very cruel in this league. I can see Ole Miss going 9-3/10-2 if every thing goes correctly. But I can also see 7-5/6-6 if things go South. You just never know. As was mentioned, hopefully for Ole Miss the LSU game does not tarnish the season if it is a loss. But that game is going to be tricky. All the pressure is on Ole Miss win that game. But before that is a test against Louisville in the season opener. That is no gimme. I think Ole Miss is the better team but that doesn’t guarantee a win. State is really a wild card. I do think we have a better team in place but I am not sure how that translates into wins and losses. I am never an advocate for firing coaches as I think a coach deserves 5-6 or even 10 years in place. But in our microwave society of the current time, that is not realistic. So we are coming to the ULM game September 5th. Hopefully we will look good that night and start the season right. Beyond that we will see what happens. USM is kind of a mystery right now. Hard to get a read on the team but hopefully they will have some success this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Boy have the ole miss PR folks altered Petes look. all clean shaven and a suit and a tie. He talked all day yesterday and said basically nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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